England vs New Zealand; dream11 prediction of today's match

ODI World Cup starts today: England vs New Zealand; dream11 prediction of today's match

Opening match between 2019 finalists England-New Zealand

Williamson and Saudi will not play,

ODI World Cup 2023 is starting from today. The first match of the 46-day tournament will be between defending champions England and New Zealand. The match will start at 2:00 pm at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The toss will take place at 1:30 pm.

The last World Cup match between England and New Zealand was played in the 2019 final. Then after the match and super over were tied, England won the title on the basis of hitting more boundaries. In such a situation, the Kiwi team will have a chance to equalize the account of the defeat suffered in 2019.

Head-to-head match was equal, both won 44-44 matches

So far 95 ODIs have been played between England and New Zealand. Both won 44-44 matches. 3 matches were tied, while 4 matches remained inconclusive.

Both won 5-5 matches in the World Cup

So far 10 matches have been played between the two teams in the World Cup. Both teams won 5-5. The last match between the two in the 2019 World Cup was a tie. The matter reached the Super Over, but even after it was tied, England won the match on the basis of hitting more boundaries.

Team Updates: Williamson and Southee will not play

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will not be a part of the team in the first match. Wicketkeeper Tom Latham will take command in his place. Tim Southee has also not been fit in the bowling department yet. Therefore the team will field without both the experienced players. On the other hand, English all-rounder Ben Stokes may also miss the opening due to hip injury.

England have won 4 out of their last 5 ODIs

The team had recently defeated New Zealand in the 4 ODI series on its home ground.

New Zealand won only 2 out of 5 ODIs in the last one and lost 3. Before losing the ODI series against England, they had also lost in Pakistan.

Malan is scoring runs at an average of 73.87 this year, and Adil Rashid has taken 15 wickets.

England has won 7 out of 12 ODIs played this year. One match has been a no result. Whereas the team had to face defeat in four matches.

David Malan has scored the maximum 591 runs for the English team in 2023

He is scoring runs at an average of 73.87. Malan has scored 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries this year. On the other hand, in bowling, Adil Rashid has taken 15 wickets in 7 matches. He is bowling with an economy of 6.09. Rashid is taking wickets on every 25th ball this year.

Daryl Mitchell has scored 650+ runs this year, the team lost 55% of the matches.

In the year 2023, New Zealand has played 20 ODIs. Out of these, the team won 8 matches, lost 11 and one was no result. That means this year the team's winning percentage was 40% and losing percentage was 55%. 5% of matches were no result.

This year, Daryl Mitchell has scored 652 runs for the Kiwi team. Three centuries and one half-century came from his bat. Talking about the bowling department, Matt Henry has taken 14 wickets in 10 matches at an economy of 4.72.

Weather report: It will be sunny, no possibility of rain

The weather in Ahmedabad will be clear on Thursday, the day of the opening match. It will be sunny here. There is no possibility of rain.

Pitch report: Help for fast bowlers in the evening

One fact is that the team winning the toss here would prefer to choose fielding first, because the fast bowlers get help in the evening. After the construction of the new stadium, the team batting first has won one match and the team batting later won two matches.

Possible playing-11

England: Jos Buttler (captain and wicketkeeper), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.

New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain & wk), Devon Conway, Will Young, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, James Neesham/Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson.

England vs New Zealand; Dream11 Prediction of Today's Match

Wicketkeeper:

Jos Buttler and Devon Conway can be included as wicketkeepers.

Batter:

you can choose Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell

All-Rounder:

Liam Livingstone, Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra

Bowler:

Trent Boult and Mark Wood